{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d5d9b672-d90e-48ce-9a9e-76d59f32622f/3a428f74-089b-4ac3-9cd0-7764fab6d1ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Star is Born again","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7c113469b76844e4d104/60ed7c338c0c31001917c079.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Hollywood resurrects A Star is Born - the story of a young woman shepherded into stardom by a self-destructive older man - roughly once every other decade. The latest version, the directorial debut of Bradley Cooper, stars Lady Gaga as a club singer whose career is shot into the stratesphere after a chance meeting with Cooper's famous and grizzled country music star.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of The BFI Podcast we look back at the three versions of the story that preceded Cooper's take - from the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s - and explore what they say about men and women, fame and their era.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus! We explain why Killing Eve is killer.</p><p><br></p><p>The BFI Podcast is ...</p><p><br></p><p>BFI Southbank Programmer <a href=\"https://twitter.com/annabdemented\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Bogutskaya</a></p><p><br></p><p>BFI Digital editor <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HenryHBarnes\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Barnes</a></p><p><br></p><p>Producer <a href=\"https://www.petersale.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Sale</a></p><p><br></p><p>Stellar content:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/movies/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times</a> tries to get Bradley Cooper to explain A Star is Born.</li><li>Hadley Freeman of <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/28/female-success-and-male-decline-what-a-star-is-born-tells-us-about-fame-fear-and-feminism\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian</a> charts the story's changing gender politics.</li><li>Anna's <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo_efYhYU2A\" target=\"_blank\">new favourite song</a>.</li></ul>","author_name":"British Film Institute"}